Quizlet + SMERFCAPS + Quiz Prep + Mentoring

Our Grade Eighters today:

• Visited the online website called Quizlet, set up accounts, and made flash cards over the SMERFCAPS to help them prepare for tomorrow's SMERFCAPS Quiz
• Used their Quizlets to study for the Quiz
• Acquainted themselves with Quizlet as much as possible in preparation for mentoring Grades 6/7 on using the online app.
• Mentored the 6/7s in setting up Quizlet accounts and making online flash cards in preparation for tomorrow's SMERFCAPS Quiz.

Assignment: Thoroughly learn the SMERFCAPS section of the What is History? packet for tomorrow's Quiz. Use Quizlet if you find it helpful, but also feel free to use other methods that help you learn.

Becker's Definition + Student Definitions of "History" + What is History? + SMERFCAPS + Quiz Heads-Up + Mentoring 6ths/7ths

Today the Eighthies:

• Shared their analysis of Carl Becker's Definition of "History" at their blogs
• Wrote their own definitions of history
• Began reading and discussing the first page of the handout "What is History?"
• What symbols come to mind when you think of "Texas history" or "American history?"
• What are some of the groups that could be studied in "Social History?" "Family history?"
• Discussed how each of us is a part of history and that our primary sources are what an historian would use to research and write that history
• Were advised of a Quiz this Friday over the SMERFCAPS; we will practice for this in class on Thursday
• Helped the 6ths & 7ths with the Snipping Tool and blog posts

Assignments: Be studying for Friday's SMERFCAPS Quiz.

Articles on Computers/Teaching + Asimov + Mentoring

How does each of these pictures make you feel about Asimov? How might that have affected your feelings as you read "The Fun They Had"?

Student(s) today:

***As a followup to Asimov's "The Fun They Had," students chose from articles found in a Google Search under "will computers replace teachers?" Instructions included:

1. Read your article.
2. Do a quick blog post telling:

• Summary of the main points
• Pros & Cons of Using Computers for Education
• Anything in the article that relates to the Asimov story, "The Fun They Had"

***Began analyzing one of three (their choice) PowerPoints on Asimov and his short story, "The Fun They Had." Instructions were found in each ppt.

1. Asimov the Man
2. 6 Pics of "The Fun They Had"
3. Chronology Game of Asimov Pics

***Helped the 6th/7th graders personalize their blogs.

Assignment: Nothing due on Tuesday. We'll continue to work on the ppts on Asimov as well as learning activities giving us an Overview of U. S. History from 1900-The Present.